Museums

A new exhibition at Toitu-Otago Settlers Museum looks at the effect of World War One on Dunedin and its people. Curator Sean Brosnahan and Exhibiton Developer Will McKee talk about the research that's… Audio

Caesar Roose was born in 1886 on an island in the Waikato River, opposite the railway town of Mercer. At the age of eighteen, he launched his first commercial boat and for the next 60-years Roose… Audio

The national museum, Te Papa, is about to begin an international hunt for a new chief executive after confirming yesterday current CEO, Mike Houlihan, is leaving to take up a special advisory role in… Audio

A few years ago Mike Dickison went back to university and did a PhD on giant flightless birds. A couple of months ago he was employed by the Whanganui Regional Museum to curate its huge, and largely… Audio

Medical equipment dating back more than 120 years has been discovered in a roof cavity of the Whangarei St John ambulance rooms. In those days first aid kits included everything from baking soda to… Audio

Joining us from Westport's 'Coaltown' museum is Chris Hartigan who began working at the museum when he was at high school, 13 years ago. Audio

Jason Rhodes from the National Transport and Toy Museum in Wanaka. Audio

Betty Nellie is the director of The Kauri Museum at Matakohe in Northland. Audio

Tracey Wedge is the museum co-ordinator. Audio

Raewyn Sills briefs us on this unique establishment in Harding Park overlooking the town. There are all sorts of special exhibits including the Masts of the Rainbow Warrior and one of the biggest… Audio

Pauline Westall looks after the Motueka museum. Audio

Stephen Berg has been with this museum in Palmerston North for five years. Audio

Murray Sacker is the curator of the Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum. Audio

David Watson at the 'Milk Honey and Grain' museum on Great Barrier Island. Themes include dairying, gum digging, logging, timber milling, mining, bee-keeping, shipwrecks, long drops and whaling. Audio

Barry Steiner is a bit of an expert on the subject of beer as he owns and runs the beer museum in the Galatea valley. Audio

The museum of a thousand clocks, the perfect place to go if you want to set your watch. Audio

The New Zealand Cricket Museum at the Basin Reserve in Wellington with curator, Jamie Bell. Audio

Located in Granity on the site where several coke ovens were built early 1900's, the Northern Buller Museum reflects the diversity of the people and the history of the Northern Buller area. With… Audio

Luke Smith of the Imperial War Museum in London is looking for New Zealand stories in a massive digital project to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. Audio

Kyria Boundy-Mills is the curator of one of the world's biggest collections of wild yeast at The University of California, Davis. Audio